John Collier (caricaturist)

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John Collier (18 December 1708 – 14 July 1786) was an English caricaturist and satirical poet known by the pseudonym of Tim Bobbin, or Timothy Bobbin. Collier styled himself as the Lancashire Hogarth.[1]

After spending some years working as a schoolmaster, Collier began producing illustrated satirical poetry.[2] His first and most famous work, A View of the Lancashire Dialect, or, Tummus and Mary, appeared in 1746, and is the earliest significant piece of Lancashire dialect to be published.[1] The Lancashire dialect poetry collection, Human Passions Delineated, a work which he both wrote and illustrated, appeared in 1773. In it he savagely lampooned the behaviour of upper and lower classes alike. The etchings were widely reproduced, and some were printed on ceramics of the time,[3] and a colourised reproduction of 25 of the plates was published in 1810. John Collier was born in Urmston but was raised, lived and died in Milnrow, Lancashire.[4] He is buried in the cemetery of Rochdale Parish Church.[4]

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  • A View of the Lancashire Dialect, or, Tummus and Mary – 1746
  • Remarks on the reign of George II – 1760
  • Human Passions Delineated in above 120 Figures, Droll, Satyrical, and Humorous – 1773
  • The Lancashire Dialect; or the Whimsical Adventures and Misfortunes of a Lancashire Clown – 1775

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  1. ^ a b Poole, Robert (2004). Collier, John (1708–1786). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved on 2008-04-28.
  2. ^ D. M. Horgan Popular Protest in the Eighteenth Century: John Collier (Tim Bobbin), 1708–1786 Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol. 48, No. 191 (Aug., 1997), pp. 310–331
  3. ^ Lionel Burman, Rochdale: Enter Tim Bobbin... Burlington Magazine, Vol. 122, No. 927 (Jun., 1980), pp. 449,451-452
  4. ^ a b Hignett, Tim (1991). Milnrow & Newhey: A Lancashire Legacy. Littleborough: George Kelsall Publishing, 39. ISBN 0-946571-19-8. 

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